All About
Me!
created
by Mrs. Fredericks
The Independence School
Introduction
| What
Your Name Means | What happened on Your Birthday | Just for
Fun! | Bibliography
Help
Introduction
Do you know what your name means or
what happened on the day you were born? Do you know what the most popular song
was or what was on TV? Do you know what famous person shares your birthday? How
much was bread the day you were born? Have you ever seen seen
a magazine cover from the day you were born? The links below will help you
answer these questions!
Use the information you find to include in your autobiography. Some of it is
historical, some of it is valuable information, and some of it is a lot of fun!
I hope you enjoy finding out about yourself and the time your
were born.
The
Internet Resources
What Your Name Means
Your Birthday
- This Day in History - Want
to find out what has happened on your birthday? Insert your month and date
and click 'go.' From the History channel
- Today in History
Archive - Another site to find out about your famous birthday. Click
on #2 and enter your birthday, then click 'go.' The site is from the
Library of Congress and contains a lot of historical information with
links to pictures, information, and other sites.
- Those Were the Days, Today in
History - This site gives a wide range of information for each
birthday. Click on 'ARCHIVE' then your birthday.
- Any-Day-in-History PAGE. - This
site gives Historic Events & Birthdates that occurred on a SELECTED
day of the year. Just click on your birthmonth
and your date, the 'Show Events.'
- Any-Year-in-History PAGE. - This
site gives Historic Events & Birthdates that occurred on a SELECTED
day of the year.
- On
this Day Archive - Scroll to the bottom and click on 'Go to Previous
Date.' Then scroll until you find your birthdate.
You can see a newspaper front page, a person's obituary, and a cartoon.
You can also read the articles
- DMarie
Time Capsule-On This Day in History - This is a FUN site! This will
give you the top headlines, top songs, item prices, President
& Vice President, Academy Award Winners, Who shares your
birthday, Top TV shows, Hot toys, and Top books.
- Historical
Birthdays - Do you share your birthday with someone famous? Check this
site and find out!
- Factmonster:
Who shares your birthday? - Another fun site to find out who shares
your birthday. It starts with Today's Birthday--Scroll down and insert your birthday.
- Factmonster:
Day in History - Another site to find out what happened on your
birthday. This is shorter than some of the others. It starts with Today in History--Scroll down and insert your birthday.
Just for Fun!
- What Your
Sign Says About You - This site gives a description of the plus side,
the flip side, the likes and dislikes of each sign.
- Chinese Zodiac
- This site gives an overview of the Chinese Zodiac. What animal sign are
you?
Bibliography Help
- EasyBib to Create
a Bibliography - This will automatically create a bibliography for
you. Just cut/paste or type in the information in the boxes provided.
- Guidlelines
on How to Write a Bibliography - This site has detail information on
how to write a bibliography. It also has useful links at the bottom of the
page: 'A Research Guide for Students'
- The
Landmark Project: Citation Machine - 'Citation Machine is an
interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing
reference citations for crediting information from other people.'
- The
Landmark Project: Citation Machine - 'Citation Machine is an
interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing
reference citations for crediting information from other people.'